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Antibiotics improve growth in children in developing countriesAntibiotics improve growth in children at risk of undernourishment in low and middle income countries, according to researchers at McGill University who have just conducted a research literature review on the subject. Their results, published in the British Medical Journal, suggest that the youngest children from the most vulnerable populations benefit most and show significant improvements toward expected growth for their age and sex, particularly for weight.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-antibiotics-growth-children-countries.html
HealthTue, 15 Apr 2014 18:30:01 EDTnews316799539Accurate height and weight measurement necessary to reduce risk for pregnant women(Medical Xpress)—A study by the University of Otago shows there are inaccuracies being made in the documented height and weight of pregnant women at the time of their 12-week scan, which could change clinical risk assessments for women.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-accurate-height-weight-pregnant-women.html
Obstetrics & gynaecologyFri, 11 Apr 2014 07:25:28 EDTnews316419914Study finds genetic link between height and IQA team of researchers at Edinburgh University in Scotland has found a correlation between genes associated with height and those associated with intelligence. In their paper published in the journal Behavior Genetics, the group describes how they studied the DNA of 6,815 unrelated people and discovered what they describe as a direct correlation between height and intelligence—taller people are smarter, they say.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-03-genetic-link-height-iq.html
GeneticsWed, 05 Mar 2014 07:50:02 EDTnews313226438Opening 'the X-files' helped researchers to understand why women and men differ in heightResearchers from the University of Helsinki analyzed thoroughly the commonly occurring genetic variation in chromosome X, one of the two sex-determining chromosomes, in almost 25,000 Northern European individuals with diverse health-related information available. The aim of the study was to find genetic factors that could explain individual differences in several traits, including BMI, height, blood pressure and lipid levels. In addition, the researchers also investigated whether the X chromosome would contribute to some of the well-known differences between men and women in certain traits, such as height. Hundreds of genetic variants having an effect on these traits have already been identified, but, given its unique nature, the X chromosome has been neglected in most of these previous studies.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-x-files-women-men-differ-height.html
GeneticsThu, 06 Feb 2014 17:00:07 EDTnews310922355Virtually lowering a persons height heightens feelings of mistrust(Medical Xpress)—A study funded by the Medical Research Council shows that, in those who are prone to having 'mistrustful thoughts', experiencing a social situation from a lower height can make people feel more inferior and excessively mistrustful.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-01-virtually-lowering-persons-height-heightens.html
Psychology & PsychiatryWed, 29 Jan 2014 07:51:51 EDTnews310204290Mothers see their youngest as shorter than they areMany parents say when their second child is born that their first child suddenly appears to have grown overnight. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on December 16 have an explanation: until the birth of the new child, those parents were subject to a "baby illusion," routinely misperceiving their youngest child as smaller (and younger) than he or she really was.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-12-mothers-youngest-shorter.html
Psychology & PsychiatryMon, 16 Dec 2013 12:25:47 EDTnews306419099Research shows correlation between adult height and underlying heart diseaseMinneapolis Heart Institute Foundation research cardiologist Dr. Michael Miedema is the lead author of a paper published by Circulation – Cardiovascular Imaging, a journal of the American Heart Association, that suggests a connection between an adult's height and the prevalence of coronary artery calcium (CAC), a direct marker of plaque in the arteries that feed the heart. Coronary artery calcium is a strong predictor of future heart attacks with a nearly 10 fold increase in the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with elevated CAC.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-12-adult-height-underlying-heart-disease.html
CardiologyThu, 12 Dec 2013 16:42:58 EDTnews306088959Drinking more milk as a teenager does not lower risk of hip fracture laterDrinking more milk as a teenager apparently does not lower the risk of hip fracture as an older adult and instead appears to increase that risk for men, according to a study published by JAMA Pediatrics.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-11-teenager-hip-fracture.html
PediatricsMon, 18 Nov 2013 16:00:02 EDTnews303999695Evolution pushes on as European men grow tallerA new study shows that the average height of European men has increased by nearly 11cm since the 1870s. Museum human origins expert Prof Chris Stringer explains why height fluctuates over time.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-evolution-european-men-taller.html
HealthFri, 06 Sep 2013 10:10:02 EDTnews297677984New data reveals that the average height of European males has grown by 11cm in just over a centuryThe average height of European males increased by an unprecedented 11cm between the mid-nineteenth century and 1980, according to a new paper published online today in the journal Oxford Economic Papers. Contrary to expectations, the study also reveals that average height actually accelerated in the period spanning the two World Wars and the Great Depression.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-reveals-average-height-european-males.html
HealthSun, 01 Sep 2013 19:10:02 EDTnews297254983Women's height linked to cancer riskThe taller a postmenopausal woman is, the greater her risk for developing cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-women-height-linked-cancer.html
CancerThu, 25 Jul 2013 13:51:14 EDTnews293979062New obesity, height genes identified(Medical Xpress)—Busselton residents and researchers from The University of Western Australia have helped a worldwide scientific collaboration identify new genes associated with height and obesity.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-obesity-height-genes.html
GeneticsMon, 08 Apr 2013 06:47:33 EDTnews284622445Growing shorter: Adult health habits influence how much we shrink with ageEven if you didn't eat your veggies or drink your milk as a child, your height is still in your hands, reveal new findings by economists from the University of Southern California, Harvard University and Peking University.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-shorter-adult-health-habits-age.html
HealthMon, 01 Apr 2013 10:18:51 EDTnews284030253Should short boys take growth hormone?(HealthDay)—Parents often worry when their child, especially a son, is much shorter than average. But as long as there is no medical cause, parents can rest easy, experts say.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-short-stature-childhood-discussed.html
HealthWed, 27 Mar 2013 19:12:16 EDTnews283630327Shorter woman, taller man: Preferences for partner height translate into actual partner choicesFinding Mr. or Ms. Right is a complicated process, and choosing a mate may involve compromising on less important factors like their height. However, research published January 16 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Gert Stulp and colleagues from the University of Groningen, Netherlands suggests that despite the many other factors involved, people's preferences for a partner's height are reflected in real couples in the UK.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-shorter-woman-taller-partner-height.html
Psychology & PsychiatryWed, 16 Jan 2013 17:00:01 EDTnews277577821Genes linked to low birth weight, adult shortness and later diabetes riskAn international team of genetics researchers has discovered four new gene regions that contribute to low birth weight. Three of those regions influence adult metabolism, and appear to affect longer-term outcomes such as adult height, risk of type 2 diabetes and adult blood pressure.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-genes-linked-birth-weight-adult.html
GeneticsSun, 02 Dec 2012 13:00:56 EDTnews273666993Children taking steroids for asthma are slightly shorter than peersChildren who use inhaled steroid drugs for asthma end up slightly shorter at their full adult height than children who don't use the drugs, new results from a comprehensive asthma study show.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-children-steroids-asthma-slightly-shorter.html
ImmunologyMon, 03 Sep 2012 09:16:02 EDTnews265882549Kyphoplasty superior to vertebroplasty for vertebral fx(HealthDay)—For people with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, kyphoplasty (KP) is superior to vertebroplasty (VP) for correcting kyphosis, restoring vertebral height, and preventing leakage of bone cement, according to research published in the August issue of the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-kyphoplasty-superior-vertebroplasty-vertebral-fx.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesMon, 27 Aug 2012 17:40:01 EDTnews265303946Increasing height and body mass index are risk factors for ovarian cancer(Medical Xpress) -- Taller women are at a greater risk of ovarian cancer, a large study has found after bringing together all the evidence from clinical studies carried out worldwide.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-height-body-mass-index-factors.html
CancerTue, 03 Apr 2012 17:00:07 EDTnews252689028Most people fudge numbers on weight and height surveysWhen people in the U.S. are asked to provide their weight for research surveys, they underestimate their weight and overestimate their height, despite numerous public reports about increasing rates of obesity. Whites are more likely to do so than Blacks or Hispanics, a new study finds.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-people-fudge-weight-height-surveys.html
HealthFri, 27 Jan 2012 09:30:02 EDTnews246876979Powerful people feel taller than they areAfter the huge 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the chairman of BP referred to the victims of the spill as the "small people." He explained it as awkward word choice by a non-native speaker of English, but the authors of a new paper published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, wondered if there was something real behind it. In their study, they found that people who feel powerful tend to overestimate their own height&#151;they feel physically larger than they actually are.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-powerful-people-taller.html
Psychology & PsychiatryMon, 23 Jan 2012 17:24:52 EDTnews246561885Is short stature associated with a 'shortage' of genes?New research sifts through the entire genome of thousands of human subjects to look for genetic variation associated with height. The results of the study, published by Cell Press in the December issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, suggest that uncommon genetic deletions are associated with short stature.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-short-stature-shortage-genes.html
GeneticsWed, 23 Nov 2011 12:35:58 EDTnews241274101Obesity, height linked to pain in lower back A study of more than 800,000 young adults found that obesity and height increased the risk of having low back pain.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-obesity-height-linked-pain.html
HealthSun, 06 Nov 2011 16:10:01 EDTnews239809000Height clue to cancer risk(Medical Xpress) -- Taller people are at increased risk of a wide range of cancers, according to new research led by Oxford University.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-height-clue-cancer.html
CancerFri, 22 Jul 2011 08:55:04 EDTnews230543693New research published finds clear link between height and longevity(PhysOrg.com) -- New research shows that the way we live directly affects the length of our bodies &#150; and our lives. The research, which is published today in a new book &#145;The Changing Body&#146; (Cambridge University Press), has been conducted over the past 30 years and confirms that there is a clear link between height and longevity.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-published-link-height-longevity.html
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